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    Improvement in cassava yield per area by fertilizer application

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    Date
    2021
    Author
    Omondi, J.O.
    Yermiyahu, U.
    Type
    Book Chapter
    Review Status
    Peer Review
    Target Audience
    Scientists
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    Cassava is a source of carbohydrates to more than 200 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa, even though its production is 6–8 t ha−1, which is below the highest world production of 36.4 t ha−1 in India. To address this yield gap and increase cassava’s availability, affordability, and adequacy, intensive but sustainable production is important. Additionally, being an emerging raw material in the animal feeds, pharmaceutical, beer industries etc., only increases its demand, however the current production levels cannot effectively sustain this. Therefore, this paper reviews: improvement in cassava yields per area under fertigation and banding of fertilizers, a common practice among many farmers; the advantage of fertilizer application on starch of the storage roots, which is the fundamental ingredient in most industries using cassava as a raw material; and the climate smart technologies for intensive sustainable cassava production. In the end, this review enhances knowledge about fertilizer application to cassava, both banding and fertigation, and expounds on effective intensive sustainable climate-smart production strategies.
    https://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.97366
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    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/7356
    Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
    https://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.97366
    IITA Subjects
    Agronomy; Cassava; Food Security; Plant Breeding; Plant Production; Soil Fertility
    Agrovoc Terms
    Cassava; Production; Plant Breeding; Yields; Fertilizer Application; Subsaharan Africa; climate-smart agriculture
    Regions
    Africa; Southern Africa
    Countries
    Malawi
    Hubs
    Southern Africa Hub
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